I'm not even sure where to start here. There was so much that was promised to us in this game, even the weeks leading up to release. Most of it is not present. Even some of the basics, that you would be startled not to find in any triple A title in the past 10 years are missing. They literally didn't even bother to put a barber in the game, something that would have taken what, all of several seconds? This is in a game where I've heard repeatedly 'in night city, style is everything'. This game is filled with empty promises, disappointing content that fizzles out, absolutely broken mechanics, an extremely poorly designed world economy, bugs and glitches, an absolute lack of customization pretty much whatsoever, I could keep going here. But let's summarize Robust wanted system? No, we got police that appear, teleporting in behind you to murder you the second you commit ANY crime. Romances: Oh you wanted more than one possible one for each gender/sexuality combination. Too bad. In game economy: Things cost way too much, or way too little, and items can be broken down for components worth far more than the cost of the item itself for MANY items. Immersive and varied vendors: For a look at how to do this, red dead redemption 2, for how not to do this, this game. Very little variation between vendors, and it's the same stuff we've been looking at for the past 20 years in gaming. Hacking was supposed to be a fun, unique and immersive game, what we have is an annoying puzzle instead. Not even fun, and most of the breach perks are worthless because of how broken the rest of combat is. Combat, perks, crafting, etc, etc. Most of it is either disappointing or broken. I literally will run out of space if I try to cover all that was left out here. This game needed another year if not more. Don't think I'll ever be able to trust this dev with a release again.
The story seems great, but combat is absolutely awful. Just really, really terrible. I gave it a go, but I really just don't feel like sitting through a spell with a 70-90% chance of succeeding failing literally every single time I cast it, or having a 90% chance to hit and continually missing only to do 0 damage. Great concept, decent story from what I've seen, but the combat makes it not worth playing through at all. Legitimately the worst combat system I've ever come across. Unplayable. I don't really get what the 5 star reviews are for. The game certainly doesn't deserve them. Definitely going to be a lot more hesitant to buy anything from this studio in the future.
